Meer dan Babi Pangang (Beyond the Menu) follows Chinese-Dutch documentary filmmaker Julie Ng as she explores both the success and the impending decline of the Chinese-Indonesian restaurant, through the lens of Golden House, her father’s restaurant in Rozenburg. What begins as a search for the origins of the dish babi pangang gradually develops into a personal and emotional exploration of her cultural and culinary identity as a Chinese Dutch woman. Why do Chinese-Indonesian restaurants serve dishes that Chinese people themselves do not eat at home? What does this reveal about adaptation, representation, and the ways cultures relate to one another? And why is it that, for many Dutch people, “the Chinese” primarily evokes babi pangang—a dish born from the cross-pollination of three cultures: Chinese, Indonesian, and Dutch? The dish has Indonesian origins and name, was adapted by Chinese restaurateurs, and fully tailored to the tastes of their Dutch customers. Meer dan Babi Pangang is an ode to the first generation of Chinese Dutch immigrants who, through hard work, built an indispensable part of the Dutch streetscape. At the same time, it is an invitation to look beyond the takeaway menu.